[Athen] Conversion - Trying to make contingency plans

[Heidi Scher]

Hi  K-Leigh,

Thank you for your offer! We might have to take you up on that. :-)
Cutting/scanning is really the least of my worries as we do have a scanner
doesn't require a binding to be removed. It's not ideal, and takes longer,
but it is an option for us.

Heidi


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Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC
Associate Director - AT
*she, her, hers*
Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas
1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479.575.3104 phone
479.575.7445 fax
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 7:00 AM Villanueva, K-leigh <kvillanueva at lee.edu>
wrote:


> Hi Heidi,

>

> I will check with our on campus print shop to see when they are back,

>  some of our services will be on campus after 4/30.  If they are, if you

> will send the book, I can get the binding cut and a scan put in.  All

> shipping costs would have to be covered by y’all though.   We are located

> near Houston.

>

>

>

> K-Leigh Villanueva

> Access Center- Lee College

> 832-555-4069

>

> Sent from my iPad

>

> On Apr 13, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Heidi Scher <hascherdss at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> 

>

> Hello Athenians!

>

>

>

> Our university has already announced that all summer classes will be

> online only. We still have no idea when we will be back in the office.

> We've almost developed our contingency plan for conversion, but have run

> into a wall. So, I'm reaching out to you to hopefully gather some

> options. I'm sure we’re not alone in this!

>

>

>

> Any thoughts about the following situations would be greatly appreciated!

> I'm curious to know what contingency plans you're implementing for distance

> learners needing converted materials when you cannot get a digital copy

> from a publisher nor a hard copy.

>

>

>

> Also, is anyone working with the campus library to obtain digital files

> which can be remedited OR books for scanning? If so, I would appreciate

> information on how your process is structured, who’s involved, who you are

> working with within the library, etc.

>

>

>

> Situation 1: Student submitted a request and proof of ownership. Student

> is still waiting to receive delivery of said book. Files not available from

> any of our typical sources. Have attempted to contact the publisher

> multiple times with no response (not sure if the publisher is even open at

> this time as they are in the UK. But this could just as easily be a small

> publishing house in the US.) No local source to purchase book. Book can be

> ordered, but won’t arrive until finals week. Too late for the student!

>

>

>

> Situation 2: Student submits request and proof of ownership. Student is

> not local. Files not available from any of our typical sources. Have

> attempted to contact the publisher multiple times with no response. No

> local source to purchase book. We have in the past had a student send us

> their book for us to scan/convert. (We cover all costs of shipping.) Once

> we have a book, we cannot chop the spine off (our print shop is closed and

> Kinko’s etc, will not accept any outside paper source items). But we could

> still scan the book manually.

>

>

>

> With summer quickly approaching and the very short "semester" sessions on

> top of the current working remote order, we're trying to come up with some

> options.

>

>

>

> A student could take pictures of the pages and use SensusAccess to convert

> or send them to us. But that just doesn't seem like a viable option!

>

>

>

> Any thoughts shared would be greatly appreciated!

>

>

>

> Heidi

>

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> Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC

> Associate Director - AT

>

> *she, her, hers*

>

> Center for Educational Access at the University of Arkansas

>

> 1 University of Arkansas, ARKU 209

> Fayetteville, AR 72701

> 479.575.3104 phone

> 479.575.7445 fax

> +++++++++++++++

>

>

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